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We held our breath when Jack Ng was all in against Batsuren Tserendorj. Even though we're officially neutral in the outcome of this event, we like good stories -- and as Ng is the father of PokerStars Team Asia Pro Bryan Huang, his success in this tournament is a good story.
Ng's was up against Tserendorj's pocket tens. Ng flopped the world, , leaving Tserendorj drawing about as thin as can be. The turn and river were both harmless blanks, giving Ng a double-up to 168,000. Tserendorj is now quite short, with about 80,000.
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No eliminations to report, but two players have managed to ship their chips in and double them up.
Preflop, Wei Sha shoved for 70,000 and found a caller in Pontus Kers.
Sha:
Kers:
The flop was unkind to Sha, and when the hit the turn, it looked as though he was going to be eliminated. That was until the hit the turn to bring him salvation and move him up to 150,000.
Jack Ng also grabbed a double up, getting his chips in with and facing Dong-Bin Han's . Unlike Sha, Ng never looked like facing elimination. The board ran out to move him up to about 180,000.
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Assembled media quickly came scurrying from the feature table area to Table 3, where James Kim was all in at risk of elimination against Alex Tikholiz. Kim's middle pair, , was drawing against Tikholiz's small overpair, , on a board of . Kim never improved, turn and river.
"Domoi!" shouted Tikholiz, pounding the table with each syllable. That's Russian for "Go home!" Kim, we imagine, doesn't speak Russian and therefore had no reply for Tikholiz. Either way, he's busto.
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Mike Gaernter
Preflop Rody Kaka opened from the cutoff to 25,000 and Mike Gaernter moved all in from the small blind for 65,000. Action folded back to Kaka who made the call with his . Gaernter had and would require some assistance to stay alive in the tournament.
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Pontus Kers
Pontus Kers is back. He called a raise preflop from James Kim. Both players checked a flop. Kers checked again on the turn, prompting Kim to bet 50,000.
"103,000 all in," Kers then said, moving all of his chips across the betting line. Kim called and was disgusted to see Kers turn over a flush, . Kim's was drawing thin and did not fill up with the river.
"I keep reading you wrong," Kim whinged. "You called me with jack-five?" He shook his head and motored away from the table to go on a tilt-reducing walk.
Kim is down to 100,000 in chips while Kers has climbed to 270,000.
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Brian Bumpas
Pots are all massive now with blinds at 4,000 and 8,000. There were 80,000 chips in the pot preflop for a had on Table 2 contested by Brian Bumpas and Terry Fan. Bumpas checked a flop of to Fan, who made a roughly half-pot bet of 45,000. Bumpas quickly announced that he was all in, forcing Fan to surrender his hand.
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We're down to three tables after the recent elimination of Jerry Delisle. Delisle opened for 20,000 from late position and was called by small blind Allih Bansuan. Bansuan led out for 50,000 on a dry board, . Delisle responded by moving all in. After getting a count (112,000; 62,000 back) Bansuan called with . Delisle showed a straight draw, . That draw didn't hit on the turn or the river.
With Delisle's elimination, the tables are once again eight-handed.
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was up against Tserendorj's pocket tens. Ng flopped the world, 
, leaving Tserendorj drawing about as thin as can be. The turn and river were both harmless blanks, giving Ng a double-up to 168,000. Tserendorj is now quite short, with about 80,000.
flop was unkind to Sha, and when the 
hit the turn, it looked as though he was going to be eliminated. That was until the 
hit the turn to bring him salvation and move him up to 150,000.
and facing Dong-Bin Han's 
. Unlike Sha, Ng never looked like facing elimination. The board ran out 
to move him up to about 180,000.
, was drawing against Tikholiz's small overpair, 
, on a board of 
river. 
and would require some assistance to stay alive in the tournament.
.
to double up Pagsuyuin.
turn, prompting Kim to bet 50,000.
. Kim's 
was drawing thin and did not fill up with the 
river.
.
